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Displaying 247 Projects

Projects : Thailand

Thailand FY2012 Donors:

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat (APEC Secretariat); Department for International Development, U.K.; European Commission; The Rockefeller Foundation; Royal Netherlands Embassy, in Thailand; United States Agency for International Development, via Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI); United States Department of State; The World Bank

Additional Programs

Access 4 Asia

Supporting a pilot project to enhance the ability of teachers to effectively utilize tablets supplied under the Government's "one tablet per child" policy and thereby improve the classroom curriculum, and to provide suitable applications to educate children in the English language and Climate Change.

Access to Trade and Growth of Women's SMEs in APEC Developing Economies: Evaluating Business Environments in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia

Conducting a survey in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia to increase the understanding of constraints to women's entrepreneurship and access to trade in APEC developing economies. Developing policy recommendations for consideration by women business associations and by APEC and its member economies to build awareness of, and interest for, the role of women and the need to create women-friendly business environments.

Conducting multi-country comparative research on aid to subnational and post conflict areas with strategic recommendations for governments and donors to provide more relevant, balanced, and effective assistance within subnational conflict areas.

Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation (AADC)

Strengthening Thailand's international development assistance policy and South-South collaboration through a comparative study of Thai and Japanese aid to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam and public forums to disseminate the research findings and recommendations.

Local Partners:

Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA); Thammasat University Faculty of Political Science

Building Forensic Capacity to Promote Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Thailand

Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement officials to prosecute human rights violators and other criminal offenders through the application of forensic investigative techniques. Reducing ambiguity and gaps in laws, regulations, and procedures governing forensic evidence and increasing public awareness of the role of forensic investigation in human rights and criminal justice cases.

DFID Partnership Program Agreement: Conflict and Security Programs

Regional partnership with the Department for International Development, U.K. (DFID), including seven countries (Pakistan, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Thailand, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka), that is working to improve state-society relations in conflict-affected areas throughout the region. Helping to reduce mistrust and alienation between conflict-affected communities and state authorities. Strengthening and expanding locally driven efforts to improve governance and resolve disputes. Contributing to improved understanding of aid effectiveness in conflict-affected and fragile states.

Evaluating Business Environments to Foster Access to Trade and Growth of Women's SMEs in Southeast Asian APEC Developing Economies

Increasing knowledge of the factors that encourage or deter access to trade and growth of women-run/owned SMEs in APEC economies through research and the development of policy recommendations for APEC and its member economies.

Local Partners:

Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute; University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce; Thai Chamber of Commerce

Improving Aid to Subnational Conflict Areas

Conducting a multi-country study of development assistance to subnational conflict areas in Southeast Asia (Aceh, southern Thailand, Mindanao) as part of a regional program to build understanding of the causes, dynamics, and consequences of subnational conflicts. Providing recommendations for donors and host governments to improve the effectiveness of development and governance approaches for conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and recovery in subnational conflict areas. Strengthening the awareness of key officials, policymakers, and civil society throughout the region.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellows Program, Thailand

Support for a mid-career diplomatic officer in the Ministry's Department of East Asian Affairs to participate in the twelve-month American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship Program, including a six-month assignment to the office of a Congressman.

Public Participation and White Paper Development in Support of Constitutional Reform

Facilitating public participation and technical inputs in and independent scrutiny of the political process and formal procedures followed for amendment of the Thai Constitution, with a particular focus on the rights of the poor, women, and other marginalized groups

Local Partners:

King Prajadhipok's Institute; Mahidol University, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies; Teeranat Kanjanauksorn Foundation, Gender and Development Research Institute

Research on the Circumstances of Youth in Thailand's Conflict-Affected Southern Border Provinces

Applying qualitative and quantitative research tools to understand the circumstances of youth in Thailand's conflict-affected southern border provinces, with a focus on security, political efficacy, education, access to public health and other basic services, career opportunities, and vulnerability to the conflict.

Enhancing community, private sector, and local government engagement in the Government of Thailand's flood rehabilitation and recovery programs, thereby improving coordination and collaboration among flood-affected communities, business owners, and other stakeholders in advancing common interests and influencing national policies, flood recovery and mitigation plans, and related protocols.

Thailand: After the Elections

A talk given by Mr. Kim McQuay, The Asia Foundation's Country Representative for Thailand, about the aftermath of the Thai election, perceptions of the new government's performance thus far, and prospects for reconciliation in the country overall.

Trade Facilitation and the Cost Implications of Non-Cooperation for Consumers in the ASEAN Economic Community

Undertaking research (literature review, economic modeling, and key informant interviews) to assess the cost implications of non-tariff trade barriers to ASEAN consumers. The research will rank the relative harm of these barriers and clearly identify and articulate policy implications to reduce them.

Trade Facilitation and the Cost of Non-Cooperation to Consumers in the ASEAN Economic Community

Conducting a study to highlight the gains that would accrue to consumers of five ASEAN Economic Community Members (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar) from enhanced regional trade integration. Regional workshop for public and private sectors representatives from each country conducted in Bangkok on March 29, 2012.

Brayton F. Wilbur, Jr. Memorial Fellowship in Asian Art

Support for two directors from museums in Thailand and India to participate in the forum for Museum Directors of Asian Art from Asia and the U.S. hosted by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco to foster greater global awareness of Asian art and cultures while exploring models for collaboration and partnerships among the institutions.

Building Forensic Capacity to Promote Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Thailand

Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement officials to prosecute human rights violators through the application of forensic investigative techniques. Reducing ambiguity and gaps in laws, regulations, and procedures governing forensic evidence and increasing public awareness of the role of forensic investigation in human rights cases.

Conflict Mitigation and Management in Southern Thailand

Strengthening influential Thai leaders who advocate for increased community engagement in policy development and its implementation in the conflict environment of southern Thailand. Advancing policy discourse on alternative governance arrangements and peacebuilding in the Deep South, and building the capacity of indigenous Thai-Malay grassroots and civil society organizations to participate in the peace process.

DFID Partnership Program Agreement: Conflict and Security Programs

Regional partnership with the Department for International Development (U.K.), including 7 countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Thailand, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka), that is working to improve state-society relations in conflict-affected areas throughout the region. Helping to reduce mistrust and alienation between conflict-affected communities and state authorities. Strengthening and expanding locally driven efforts to improve governance and resolve disputes. Contributing to improved understanding of aid effectiveness in conflict-affected and fragile states.

Labor Rights Reform

Addressing the needs of the urban poor and migrant communities by supporting the establishment of a Labor Crisis Center for crisis-affected workers and building the public advocacy and worker support capacity of labor organizations.

Local Partners:

Council of Work and Environment Related Patient's Network of Thailand; Cultural Center, Group of Union Omnoi-Omyai Area; Government Employee Association of Thailand; Group of Labor Unions-Rangsit and Nearby Area; Petroleum and Chemicals Workers Federation of Thailand; Promoting Community Rights Association for Development; Saraburi & Nearby Labor Group; Thai Labor Museum Foundation; Thai Labor Solidarity Committee; Transport Workers' Union of Thailand; Women Workers' Unity Group; Working Group on Alleviating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Affected Labors Project; Working Group on Friends for Friends Project

Contributing to improved relations between the government of Thailand and the local Thai-Malay community by demonstrating that enhanced cultural space and respect can be provided to this ethnically distinct community within the parameters of the Thai state. Support for the development and dissemination of materials to increase understanding of Patani-Malay history.

Research on the Circumstances of Youth in Thailand's Conflict-Affected Southern Border Provinces

Applying qualitative and quantitative research tools to understand the circumstances of youth in Thailand's conflict-affected southern border provinces, with a focus on security, political efficacy, education, access to public health and other basic services, career opportunities, and vulnerability to the conflict.

Sources of Violent Conflict in Asia: The Struggle Over Identity

An Asian Perspectives panel discussion featuring a journalist and community leader in southern Thailand, and a representative from the Colombo-based NGO Initiative for Political and Conflict Transformation (INPACT) in Sri Lanka, and The Asia Foundation's regional director for conflict and governance.

Supporting Needs of Victims of Violence

Providing support to the Lao Women's Union Shelter, enabling them to offer basic needs and safe shelter to victims of violence and human trafficking, including food, clothes, medical assistance, and legal aid. General operational support and capacity building for the shelter staff through a study tour to visit Chiang Khong and Mai Sae women's shelters and related programs in Thailand.

Barriers to Peace

Books for Asia Thailand

Acquisition and distribution of 46,958 English-language books to primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, public libraries, NGOs, and government agencies throughout Thailand in partnership with the Books for Thailand Foundation; Distribution of Thai and English children’s books to schools under the patronage of the Border Patrol Police and HRH Crown Princess Sirinthorn.

Center of Culture Protection for Democracy-Southern Thailand

Preserving of Pattani-Malay culture for peacebuilding and democracy in Southern Thailand; Establishing a Pattani-Malay cultural center; Observation trip to study traditional Malay culture; Community research on Patani oral history.

Constitutional Reform and Democracy in Thailand

Roundtable discussion featuring Catharin Dalpino, visiting professor at Georgetown University's Asian Studies Program, and John Brandon, The Asia Foundation's director of International Relations Programs and associate director of the Washington, DC office. The roundtable brought together experts on Southeast Asia to discuss The Asia Foundation's findings in a national public opinion survey on current political trends and democracy in Thailand.

Deep South Woman Network for Peace

Deliberative Dialogue Activities

Forum for Buddhist community input in the southern peace process through deliberative dialogue; Introductory workshop for local facilitators of the community dialogue process in the Deep South; Intensive training for deliberative dialogue facilitators; Workshop on deliberative dialogues; Workshop on deliberative dialogue issue book development; Training of deliberative dialogue facilitators.

Inter Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association

International Institute for Public Policy and Management

Visit for 10 leaders from southern Thailand to observe Malaysia’s policy and practice of multiculturalism—providing an opportunity for sharing Malaysia’s nation-building and development experience and the opportunity to network with Malaysian government, academic, community, and non-governmental institutions for the purpose of strengthening bilateral ties and exchanges.

Judge Advocate General's Office

King Prajadhipok's Institute (KPI)

Support for the 11th KPI Congress on the theme of “Conflict, Legitimacy and Reform of Government: Equitable Allocation of Resources in Thai Society”; Strengthening political and institutional support for peaceful coexistence in Southern Thailand.

MIAdvisory Company Ltd.

Marginalized Youth and Democracy Project

Capacity building and grants to youth organizations, including assistance for a regional meeting for seed grant development; Capacity building in report writing and preparation for a youth conference; Public advocacy activities for indigenous youth; Preparation meeting for national youth conference (Northeastern and Southern Thailand); Technical support for cultivating democratic leaders from marginalized youth groups; Production of materials for a national youth conference.

Media Project

Producing Let’s Talk Rights television talk show series on issues relating to social and political reform processes, human rights awareness and advocacy, and promotion of peacebuilding in the three deep southern provinces; Producing 26 public service announcements on human rights and good governance.

Observation Trip to Study Traditional Malay Culture

Association of Bannangseta District; Center of Conservation and Support for Keris Making in Raman; Center of Conservation for Local Cultures and Environment of the Southern Border Provinces of Thailand; Chumchon Wat Piyaram School; Kasem Bundit University, School of General Education; Local Museum of Kemeng Village; Mahidol University, Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development; Ramkhamhaeng University, Faculty of Political Science; Tammapreecha Law Office

Pattani Community Radio Network; Southern Peace Media Volunteer Network; Women and Peace Group

Pattani-Malay Culture

Working group meeting for planning an academic conference on Malay culture; Consultant for the Pattani-Malay cultural event; Working group meetings for the organization of an inception workshop on Pattani History; Producing a documentary film to promote Pattani-Malay arts and culture; Pattani-Malay cultural exhibition.

Southern Paralegal Advocacy Network

Southern Paralegal Advocacy Network

Training on the protection of crime scenes from forensic contamination; Training to promote access to justice and human rights in southern Thailand; Producing a CD for use in justice and human rights training programs.

Southern Peace Media Volunteer Network

Strengthening Understanding of Public Opinion in the South

Presentation of The Asia Foundation's groundbreaking survey of public opinion in Southern Thailand, Strengthening Understanding of Public Opinion in the South; Discussion by Dr. James Klein, the Foundation's country representative in Thailand (1996-2010) and Mr. Tim Meisburger, director of Election and Political Processes for The Asia Foundation.

Thammasat University Student Union

The Future of United States – ASEAN Relations

Program co-sponsored by The Asia Foundation, Georgetown University's Thai Studies Program, and American University's ASEAN Studies Center featuring H.E. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and member of The Asia Foundation's Board of Trustees.

Working Group on Alleviating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Affected Laborers Project

America's Role in Asia

Release of findings and recommendations of companion reports compiled in "America's Role in Asia: Asian and American Views," with public events in Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Attarkiah Islamiah School

Books for Asia Thailand

Acquisition and distribution of 59,790 English-language books to primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities, public libraries, NGOs, and government agencies throughout Thailand in partnership with the Books for Thailand Foundation.

Deep South Woman Network for Peace

Emerging Issues - "Challenges to Political Development: What's Next for Thailand"

Luncheon discussion and presentation with the Foundation's country representative for Thailand providing firsthand insight and analysis of recent developments in Thailand, in particular political developments since the appointment of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in December of 2008, as well as Thai perceptions of their country's political divisions.

Evaluation Workshop

Evaluation workshop on lessons learned from The Asia Foundation's program on empowering Thai communities and minorities to participate in democratic processes; Lessons learned and evaluation workshop on civic education training.

Judge Advocate General's Office

King Prajadhipok's Institute (KPI)

Supporting three international academic experts to assist in research design and capacity building for civic education and legislative reform activities; Supporting the 10th KPI Congress: "Politics and Environmental Crisis."

MIAdvisory Co., Ltd.

Marginalized Youth and Democracy Project

Inception workshop for a project to engage marginalized youth in democratic development activities; Training of trainers workshop for youth participation in democracy; Participation in the "Network of Indigenous Youth Conference"; Evaluation and advanced training on civic education for youth in southern Thailand.

Mirror Foundation

Mitigating Conflict in Southern Thailand

Roundtable to address conflict in southern Thailand; Travel grant to participate in an academic conference in Singapore on "Southern Thailand: Anatomy of an Insurgency"; Training to develop the media production capacity of partner organizations in the three southern provinces; Observation tour to study the Aceh peace process; Production of a film documentary on Ramkhamhaeng University Southern Border Student Group's Pattani-Malay cultural exhibition and public forum.

Muslim Attorney Center

Three fellowships for a three-year law degree program; Providing legal aid to citizens affected by violence and human rights violations in the southern border provinces; Seminar on "Access to Justice for Affected People Resulting from Violence and Human Rights Violations in Southern Border Provinces of Thailand"; Training workshop for paralegal volunteers in southern Thailand.

Peace Media Project

Pondok Schools

Development of group counseling skills for private Islamic school (Pondok) teachers; Meetings to discuss the progress of current projects and future cooperation among Pondok partners; Curriculum development training workshop on civic education in Pondok schools; Evaluating Pondok curriculum reform and civic education in southern Thailand.

Women and Local Governance

Women and Peace Group

Workshop to promote civic education, human rights, and legal education for female youth in southern Thailand; Training in press media and radio production for women reporters to promote peace in the three southern border provinces.

Working Group on Replication of the Mae-eye Nationality Acquiring Model in the Andaman Coast Project

Publication to raise awareness and understanding in the tsunami affected area on the revised Thai nationality law; Project to replicate the Mae-eye model for securing Thai nationality for citizens in the tsunami-affected area.

Andaman Project for Participatory Restoration of Natural Resources; Community Capacity Building Institute

Asian Development Partnership Project

Five Korean development practitioners from government and NGO agencies were awarded fellowships to work in projects in developing Asian countries (Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam) for up to three months.

Books for Asia Thailand

Campaign for Alternative Industry Network

Publication of a book on the Klong Dan Waste Water Management Project as a case study for local community organizations to understand how to manage conflict with the state over large-scale development projects.

Campaign for Alternative Industry Network

Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, National Institute of Development Administration

Travel and accommodations for 40 women leaders from the three southern provinces to participate in a seminar to share the first hand experiences of women in contending with conflict in southern Thailand.

Division of Women, Children and Family Affairs, Foundation for Islamic Center of Thailand

Emerging Issues - Current Events in Thailand

A breakfast discussion featuring The Asia Foundation's Country Representative in Thailand, Dr. James Klein, provided first-hand insight and analysis on recent developments in Thailand since the elections of December 2007, including the current political climate and policy environment in the country and conditions in Southern Thailand.

Environmental Cooperation-Asia (ECO-Asia)

The regional ECO-Asia program in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam aims to increase access to clean water and sanitation for Asia's urban poor; to strengthen national- and local-level environmental governance capacity; and improve transboundary conflict in the lower watersheds of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Forum LSM Aceh Executive Director

Funding for six-month fellowship at University of Maryland Center for International Development and Conflict Management on theoretical and applied approaches to intra-state communal conflicts, followed by meetings with conflict management practitioners in Thailand and the Philippines.

Institute for Securities and International Studies

Institute of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IFA)

Diplomatic and Administrative Training for Lao government officials to strengthen their diplomatic and administrative skills and to improve the management skills for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, line ministries, and provincial officials; Provision of Internet connectivity to facilitate IFA research, communications, and information-gathering activities; Publication of the book entitled, Diplomatic Negotiation, with the objective of strengthening the professional capacity of government officials, and diplomats as well as students at the National University of Laos; Support for two government officials to attend the 5th Annual ASEAN+3 meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, “Building Regional Identify from Diversity.”

Local Information Center for Development, Nakorn Ratchasima Rajabhat University

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan: International Symposium

Presentation by the Foundation’s Senior Law Advisor on “Experience in Strengthening Democracy in Asia” at the international symposium, “Japan’s Foreign Policy for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy: Challenges and Prospects,” organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. A video on the Foundation’s Tsunami Legal Aid Center in Thailand sub-titled in Japanese was shown during the conference.

National Library of Laos

Enabling the National Library to better provide resources and professional library services to the general public by improving the quality of the library’s collection through book purchasing in Bangkok, Thailand, and strengthening the professional capacity of staff librarians in IT/software programming and maintenance through intensive computer courses at the Foreign and Lao Institute in Vientiane.

Thailand Center for Muslim Democracy and Development

Thailand Center for Muslim Democracy and Development

Design and testing of student-centered curriculum and extra-curricular activities in math, science, English, and the social sciences for students in Private Islamic Religious Schools (PIRS); Establishment of a Muslim student council for democracy education in PIRS; Development of a cross-cultural training program for Muslim high school students who intend on pursuing higher education.

Darussalam School

Emerging Issues - Political Dynamics in Thailand

Breakfast discussion with The Asia Foundation’s Country Representative in Thailand, Dr. James Klein. The discussion centered on developments in Thailand since the military coup on September 19, 2006, and Thai perceptions of the current political environment within the country.

Environmental Cooperation-Asia (ECO-Asia)

A seven-year ECO-Asia program in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam that aims to increase access to clean water and sanitation for Asia's urban poor; to strengthen national- and local-level environmental governance capacity; and improve transboundary conflict in the lower watersheds of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Thai Working Group for ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism

Thailand Centre for Muslim and Democratic Development (TCMD)

Development of civic education curriculum for Muslim students; Establishment of a Muslim student council for democracy education; Working group meetings for curriculum design; Training for student counselors in Pondok schools; Workshop on implementing e-learning methodologies in Pondok schools; Study tour to Indonesia on disinterment for forensic purposes in accordance with Islamic beliefs.